Reviewed: December 2021 Released: 2021, Steamhammer/SPV Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Like any good bunch of experienced buccaneers, Running Wild have been on quite a journey, with ups and downs. After a short start playing Venom-esque gritty proto-black speed metal, they found their niche pretty quickly as premier pirate-themed traditional…
Running Wild
Running Wild – Blood On Blood
Running Wild – Blood On Blood Reviewed: November 2021 Released: 2021, Steamhammer Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz It’s baffling to me that Rock ‘n’ Rolf has been able to keep up with the pirate schtick for over 40 years. You’d think at some point the guy would run out of…
RUNNING WILD – Rolf “Rock ‘n Rolf” Kasparek discusses the new Blood on Blood” album and more
Running Wild is one of the longest-running, most important and influential names in the German and European heavy / power metal scene. The band, originally formed in 1976, has gone through different times and numerous lineup changes in its career. The band’s albums “Port Royal” and “Death or Glory” released…
Running Wild releases new studio album “Blood on Blood”
RUNNING WILD “Blood On Blood” Steamhammer / SPV Release: 29 October 2021 There are plenty of reasons why Rock’n’ Rolf Kasparek is so happy with “Blood on Blood”. Says Rolf: “We all know the difficulties the cultural sector was faced with during the lockdown. On the other hand, it also…
Blazon Stone-Damnation
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2021, Stormspell Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Blazon Stone returns for it’s sixth full-length adventure, DAMNATION. Captain Ced has almost an entirely new crew since his last campaign. Guitarist Emil is still by his side, but we have added three new crew members, the high profile Metal/pirate…
RUNNING WILD release a new digital single and video for the track “The Shellback” culled from the band’s forthcoming studio album ‘Blood On Blood’ released October 29th 2021
RUNNING WILD has released a new digital single and song video for the track “The Shellback” today. A track in typical Running Wild style that starts with a Celtic-inspired intro, Running Wild revisits the atmospheric seafaring theme of their 1994 classic BLACK HAND IN, a prequel of that maritime story.…
Blazon Stone-Return To Port Royal (Definitive Edition)
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, StormSpell Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP For the working class Metal artist, content is king. Only the biggest bands and artists can survive on past glories and take several years between albums. Cederick Forsberg does not have that luxury. When the global pandemic hit and…
Ralf Kasparek aka Rock’N’Rolf from Running Wild : “I’m not [as] good when we’re working together with other people, than when I’m doing alone.”
INTERVIEW WITH ROCK’N’ROLF OF RUNNING WILD Running Wild is an institution of German heavy metal. The band’s leaders’ endless journey continues with Running Wild in the sea of pirates, and world history. Running Wild’s latest album RAPID FORAY is an excellent slab of pirate metal that Rock’N’Rolf has been creating…
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017 Once again, the Finnish Metal-Rules.com two-man team made their annual road trip to Sweden Rock. The 2017 lineup presented a wide range of metal and hard rock as usual. Over 70 bands offered one hell of an experience for the attendees during the four-day festival. Sweden…
RUNNING WILD Releases Lyric Video For “Black Bart” New Album Rapid Foray Out August 26th
German Metal Legends RUNNING WILD have released a lyric video for the new song “Black Bart” today. The song is taken from the forthcoming album “Rapid Foray”. Rock N’ Rolf: “Bartholomew Roberts, called “Black Bart” was not only one of the most flamboyant personalities in the history of piracy, but…
Wacken Open Air 2015
Wacken being sold out is a kind of mystery, for sure. The event is somehow sold out every year, but this year’s sell out wasn’t a surprise as Savatage with Trans Siberian Orchestra and Judas Priest were headliners. Thousands and thousands of metal fans from every corner of the world…
Running Wild Interview
Running Wild interview with Rock ‘n’ Rolf conducted by: Carlos M. Llanas Metal has very many genres; you got black metal, thrash metal, traditional heavy metal, doom, etc., but only one band has been the reigning champion of their own style…that band…is Running Wild. With the release of…
RUNNING WILD Announce Comeback Album
Original German pirate metallers RUNNING WILD are back! To the delight of his countless fans, Captain Rock’n’Rolf has announced the release of the new album, Shadowmaker, seven years after Running Wild’s last studio album, Rogues En Vogue. “My comments in spring 2009 about the demise of Running Wild were…